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you sent a letter to the fbi. what happened at the airport when you showed up to fly back to doha. >> well, we tried -- i tried to check in, and the airline representative he had notified me that i would not be able to, in fact, and he requested a policemen to come on the scene and three of them showed up. which was very intimidating. and they basically told us that we would have to discuss it with the representative from tsa. and he in turn said that he had no idea why i was on the list but i should just call the fbi and they would explain to me. >> so you show up at the airport in a have a police escort out of there. you are given no explanation. >> no explanation. >> what happened when you contacted the fbi to get some explanation? >> well, so we sent a letter ahead of time prior to him flying to indicate that he would be flying, and we are yet to get an explanation as to why it is that he is on the no fly list. >> the fbi won't comment about these cases. that's part of the standard pralting procedure they won'
you sent a letter to the fbi. what happened at the airport when you showed up to fly back to doha. >> well, we tried -- i tried to check in, and the airline representative he had notified me that i would not be able to, in fact, and he requested a policemen to come on the scene and three of them showed up. which was very intimidating. and they basically told us that we would have to discuss it with the representative from tsa. and he in turn said that he had no idea why i was on the list...
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working with the fbi for decades. and part of me understands this. it gives him a certain protection. and part of me does not understand, because it has no relation to what criminals generally do. what most criminals generally do. why was he informing, and was he perhaps aware of his longer game, because right now we have a judge opining on whether or not he's immune from the crimes he committed while he was informing. so perhaps there will be an extra dividend from being an informant. so just break some of that down for us. >> sure. yeah. i think you're getting at i think what makes, you know, whitey bulger probably the most significant crime figure in our time, if not the 20th century. you mentioned his body count. he's being charged with 19 murders, and there's probably more. you know, he can match body counts with any crime boss, dilling dillinger, gatti, anyone who is a virtual household name when it comes to american crime. but whitey did something no one else has ever done. and that's what you're getting at. he harnessed the power of a corrupt
working with the fbi for decades. and part of me understands this. it gives him a certain protection. and part of me does not understand, because it has no relation to what criminals generally do. what most criminals generally do. why was he informing, and was he perhaps aware of his longer game, because right now we have a judge opining on whether or not he's immune from the crimes he committed while he was informing. so perhaps there will be an extra dividend from being an informant. so just...
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the fbi says a 16-year-old girl who arrived pregnant was forced to have a late-term abortion. she took this picture to remember her child. >> this girl could be my sister. >> jose benitez provides services for victims of human trafficking and forced labor in houston. he says ruthless traffickers have no qualms exploiting children recruited outside their high schools. >> one day i saw one girl, she's 15 years old, and i asked her how many men she had in her life. she told me more than 200. and believe me, she reminded me of my daughter and this is -- i don't want to remember this story because it makes me cry. because i saw her body, you know? i was in the hospital when i saw her like this, very bad. >> operating on information that over 100 young girls and women were being held in cantinas, the fbi moved in to free the women during a midnight raid. but their troubles weren't over. >> translator: when i ran, there was a helicopter shining a light down on us. i twisted my ankle and they told me if i ran, they would shoot me. so i stopped. a man got out of the helicopter and they
the fbi says a 16-year-old girl who arrived pregnant was forced to have a late-term abortion. she took this picture to remember her child. >> this girl could be my sister. >> jose benitez provides services for victims of human trafficking and forced labor in houston. he says ruthless traffickers have no qualms exploiting children recruited outside their high schools. >> one day i saw one girl, she's 15 years old, and i asked her how many men she had in her life. she told me...
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the supervisor, she tried to fbi the fbi, and she got fbi'd. now. i don't know if this will make you feel any better or worse but the fbi agent's president association told cnn that the ratio of disciplinary issues among the fbi are the lowest in the federal government and the private sector. that may mean that the fbi agents are better behaved. i hope so. but it may just mean that being fbi agents, they're better at not getting caught. that is it for us, i'm ezra klein. follow us on twitter. >> america's prisons, dangerous, often deadly. there are 2 million people doing time. every day, it's a battle to survive and to maintain order. >> down! on your feet! down! >> this is "lockup." ♪ >>> in rural indiana, stands a maximum security juvenile facility charged with rehabilitating some of america's most dangerous teens. >> they don't think. they don't plot. they don't plan. it's whatever is happening right now, they respond to that. >> this 91-acre compound is the end of the line for kids who are repeat offenders. the kids other institutions simply c
the supervisor, she tried to fbi the fbi, and she got fbi'd. now. i don't know if this will make you feel any better or worse but the fbi agent's president association told cnn that the ratio of disciplinary issues among the fbi are the lowest in the federal government and the private sector. that may mean that the fbi agents are better behaved. i hope so. but it may just mean that being fbi agents, they're better at not getting caught. that is it for us, i'm ezra klein. follow us on twitter....
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. >> the word goes out to the cia, fbi, and all the intelligence services -- find the connection. first, though, the war on terror goes to afghanistan to capture or kill osama bin laden and destroy the taliban regime that supports al qaeda. by november, the enemy is on the run, forced to flee into the mountains and across the boarder to pakistan. but while bin laden remains at large, washington's attention turns to iraq, to saddam. >> i think the united states since desert storm has always had a various planning with respect to iraq. [ siren ] >> operation desert storm. also known as the first gulf war. in 1991 following iraq's invasion of kuwait, a u.s.-led coalition of 34 countries drives saddam's forces out of kuwait and decimates the iraqi army in six weeks. but despite that overwhelming victory, president george h.w. bush faces criticism at home for not going all the way to baghdad to rid the world of saddam hussein. >> i made very, very clear from day one that it was not an objective of the coalition to get saddam hussein out of there by force. >> dick cheney, his defense se
. >> the word goes out to the cia, fbi, and all the intelligence services -- find the connection. first, though, the war on terror goes to afghanistan to capture or kill osama bin laden and destroy the taliban regime that supports al qaeda. by november, the enemy is on the run, forced to flee into the mountains and across the boarder to pakistan. but while bin laden remains at large, washington's attention turns to iraq, to saddam. >> i think the united states since desert storm has...
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that is more than we spend on fbi, dea and all other federal criminal departments combined. and we still don't have a working system. now, we can buy bigger buckets for the sinking ship or fix the hole and move forward in a system that works. i think most americans, over 60% of americans, agree we need to fix our broken immigration system. this would be good for the economy and good for growth and it will put us on the track because we need high-tech workers and agricultural workers necessary to our farming community' at the same time people pay their back taxes and social security and we need to move forward. >> thank you so much. >>> what we have heard from republicans is they want more border security. he is making the opposite argument which we have heard from the white house about how good it is already. but is this going to be a major sticking point? >> i think it will be because it's hard to define what exactly constitutes a secure border. the republicans and the president disagree about what it is. one thing to keep in mind is senator rubio opposes the obama plan. of
that is more than we spend on fbi, dea and all other federal criminal departments combined. and we still don't have a working system. now, we can buy bigger buckets for the sinking ship or fix the hole and move forward in a system that works. i think most americans, over 60% of americans, agree we need to fix our broken immigration system. this would be good for the economy and good for growth and it will put us on the track because we need high-tech workers and agricultural workers necessary...
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nbc news has learned that the fbi was also concerned that he may have been drawing up a hit list after notebooks showing the names and addresses of jewish and african-american leaders in detroit. agents briefed wendell anthony about the potential threat. >> appears to me like he is a one-man army. very alarming and disturbing and kind of made me angry. >> reporter: the fbi also warned scott kaufman, a jewish community leaders. >> names of tenants in our building, names of some of the people in leadership positions in the organization including mines. >> reporter: prosecutors are determined to find out where and how he got the guns and proving a difficult task because of what they say are giant loopholes in the nation's gun laws. one big issue, congress's prohibited a national computerized database of gun sales so agents at tracing center in west virginia forced to use technology of 1940s pouring through boxes, waterlogged sales records and even microfiche. they believe he acquired the guns from private sellers or gun shows and background checks are not required. >> there's no documenta
nbc news has learned that the fbi was also concerned that he may have been drawing up a hit list after notebooks showing the names and addresses of jewish and african-american leaders in detroit. agents briefed wendell anthony about the potential threat. >> appears to me like he is a one-man army. very alarming and disturbing and kind of made me angry. >> reporter: the fbi also warned scott kaufman, a jewish community leaders. >> names of tenants in our building, names of some...
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at the time, special agent tom o'connor is with the fbi's joint terrorist task force. terrific task force. >> on november 1st of 2004 roy was working in in his district office. >> i was working on my computer, and i saw some motion to my left. when i looked up, there were four men standing in the doorway with ak-47s. one of them said, you come with us, or we'll kill you. >> they zip tied his hands behind his back and ankles. he was brought out to a car. >> like many hostages before him, roy hallums disappears without a trace. american authorities fear the worst. >> unfortunately a lot of the hostages were being shown on video being beheaded. so it was a real concern that a u.s. citizen would be used in that manner. >> but it appears the kidnapers are more interested in money than murder. >> the head of the gang, he said to me that because i was an american they were going to get $12 million for me. >> in order to conceal his presence, the captors hide hallums in a form house 16 miles outside of baghdad. in a hostile region coalition forces call the triangle of death. >
at the time, special agent tom o'connor is with the fbi's joint terrorist task force. terrific task force. >> on november 1st of 2004 roy was working in in his district office. >> i was working on my computer, and i saw some motion to my left. when i looked up, there were four men standing in the doorway with ak-47s. one of them said, you come with us, or we'll kill you. >> they zip tied his hands behind his back and ankles. he was brought out to a car. >> like many...
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and in the lead-in piece you had the fbi director say cyber crime is important. that's absolutely true. the mandiant story is about cyber espionage and all of the apocalyptic scare stories are about cyber war which we haven't seen yet, exempt for with stuxnet. and so the question is how likely is this stuff to happen? i think that we do need to worry about the risks and we need to do something about them. but what we need to do about them is build our systems properly so that they're harder to attack, especially when it comes to the kind of control systems that you just mentioned. >> david, stuxnet -- gary just mentioned stuxnet and i think the grand irony is as we talk about the threat of cyber war, the most concrete example we have of genuine physical destruction, being engineered by essentially a cyber war -- offensive cyber war operation is in fact pulled off by the united states in tandem with israel. >> that's absolutely right, chris. the stuxnet attack, which was really part of a much broader classified program called olympic games started in the bush admi
and in the lead-in piece you had the fbi director say cyber crime is important. that's absolutely true. the mandiant story is about cyber espionage and all of the apocalyptic scare stories are about cyber war which we haven't seen yet, exempt for with stuxnet. and so the question is how likely is this stuff to happen? i think that we do need to worry about the risks and we need to do something about them. but what we need to do about them is build our systems properly so that they're harder to...
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the fbi, an agency that is synonymous with power. the agency who is sworn to protect and defend us from the bad guys. in the movie, the agency is the most intelligent, figure iing o the way to catch the criminal. in 1985, the editor of the bureau's official magazine, wrote, they represent the three things they stand for, fidelity, bravery, and integrity, well, the office of responsibility or opr is tasked with making sure the agents fill that task. they send out a staff-wide e-mail, detailing the case of some of the employees behaving a little bit badly. basically, it is a moment to say please stop doing all the following dumb stuff. you're an fbi agent. just recently, one of the quarterlies was released. and it turns out they're staffed by a lot of human beings. and some of them are kind of jerks. one popular issue, sexting, people are always sexting on their work phone. case in point, one employee did the violation by using a government-issued blackberry, send
the fbi, an agency that is synonymous with power. the agency who is sworn to protect and defend us from the bad guys. in the movie, the agency is the most intelligent, figure iing o the way to catch the criminal. in 1985, the editor of the bureau's official magazine, wrote, they represent the three things they stand for, fidelity, bravery, and integrity, well, the office of responsibility or opr is tasked with making sure the agents fill that task. they send out a staff-wide e-mail, detailing...
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. >>> fbi is investigating insider trader took place before heinz's buffett buy. >>> the clock is ticking for bp to reach a last-minute settlement to face tens of billions of dollars. >>> kellogg is recalling its 11, special k's red berries because they macon tan glass. >>> it's a milestone for stanford university the first school to collect more than $1 billion in a single year. >>> watch out north base, the u.s. postal service is entering the smart brand clothing. it plans to launch a new product line of apparel and accessories. >>> tiger woods sizes up president obama's golf game, plus the discount at a virginia beach pizzeria that's raising a few eyebrows. >>> you're watching "first look" on msnbc. or any reason, and would always be there with the biggest welcome home. for a love this strong, dawn only feeds him iams. compared to other leading brands, it has 50% more animal protein. ...to help keep rocky's body as strong as a love that never fades... if he ever lets her leave again. iams. keep love strong. because every flake is double-toasted... splashed with sweet honey... and cover
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the fbi finds just 260 justified homicides a year. we're not policing ourselves. the nra spreads fear of armed criminals to sell guns but more people are murdered during arguments with someone they know than during the commission of a robbery. the true locus of the discussion should be guns in the hands of family members, lovers, neighbors. what stops a good guy with a gun who is angry at a good guy he's friends with or angry at a woman he loves? more than twice as many women are killed with a gun used by a husband or lover than are murdered by strangers using guns, knives, or any other means. reeva was killed because of an argument or a tragic accident by a gun but killed by a gun meant for protection from criminals who never came. it's highly unlikely that a criminal will ever come through the door and studies where sociologists interview criminals find the vast majority don't want to shoot anyone. they want to get stuff and go. murder is bad for business for them. so in preparation for that exceedingly rare event that guns escalate, we keep a gun in the home th
the fbi finds just 260 justified homicides a year. we're not policing ourselves. the nra spreads fear of armed criminals to sell guns but more people are murdered during arguments with someone they know than during the commission of a robbery. the true locus of the discussion should be guns in the hands of family members, lovers, neighbors. what stops a good guy with a gun who is angry at a good guy he's friends with or angry at a woman he loves? more than twice as many women are killed with a...
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the fbi could lose 1,000 federal agents. nutrition aid for women and children, over 500,000 could lose that. not to mention other programs that could go away like meals on wheels. >>> so, how will this midwest storm impact all of us? nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with the details. >> yeah, not many people will want to be traveling in the central plains today. jay gray in kansas city, two hours, it's going to be snowing incredibly hard in kansas city. now, as far as the radar goes, the blue is the intense snow. the pic shows you ice. the green is just plain old rain there from oklahoma city southward. if you're in the wichita, kansas, area, go outside, you may see some flashes in the snow, you have thundersnow at the current hour. i-35, quickly becoming impassable throughout much of this region. through the south, a line of thunderstorms will be tracking through ft. worth and dallas. further to the north, just some freezing rain, already coming down throughout the ozarks. watch out on the bridges. the winter storm war
the fbi could lose 1,000 federal agents. nutrition aid for women and children, over 500,000 could lose that. not to mention other programs that could go away like meals on wheels. >>> so, how will this midwest storm impact all of us? nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with the details. >> yeah, not many people will want to be traveling in the central plains today. jay gray in kansas city, two hours, it's going to be snowing incredibly hard in kansas city. now, as far as the...
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while the fbi has since found the prostitution claims to be false, details of a different sort of sketch where iness have emerged in the past few weeks. this time involving senator menendez's quid pro quo relationship with wealth where i florida surgeon, investor, and democratic donor solomon melgam. melgan funneled hundreds of millions of dollars into his re-election campaign last year and has also given menendez access to his private plane over the years. menendez seems to have returned the favor. the senator's efforts to help him have raised questions about the nature of their relationship, particularly menendez's involvement in helping melgan secure a port security contract in the dominican republic worth over $500 million. still, menendez insists he has not been bought. in an interview last week with univision, he said no one has bought me. no one. ever. whether or not menendez is guilty remains to be seen, but as a skankdz continues to unravel, closer examination of the relationship will no doubt prompt larger questions -- >> larry, as one of my producers pointed out, this is like
while the fbi has since found the prostitution claims to be false, details of a different sort of sketch where iness have emerged in the past few weeks. this time involving senator menendez's quid pro quo relationship with wealth where i florida surgeon, investor, and democratic donor solomon melgam. melgan funneled hundreds of millions of dollars into his re-election campaign last year and has also given menendez access to his private plane over the years. menendez seems to have returned the...
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also watching heinz shares as well today after the fbi launched its own investigation into illegal trades around heinz. $1.7 million was made from some sort of inside knowledge of this takeaway. and there's been so many deals out there. "new york times" may be the latest to throw its hat in the ring with the possible sale of boston globe. a price tag, how much is this business worth? $150 moll to $175 million cash flow. keep in mind, the "new york times" purchased this company for $1.5 billion. so a significant loss. >> a huge loss over two decades. karen tso in london, thank you very much. we appreciate it. >>> as always let us know why you're awake. tweet me if you like, at peter alexander. >>> still ahead -- "way too early." kobe bryant and item mates paying tribute to late owner jerry buss. that's next in sports. >>> plus conan o'brien being announced as the host for this april's upcoming white house correspondents dinner. this is not his first rodeo. we'll show you a blast from conan's blast, 1995 to be expect. that clip and weather when "way too early" comes right back. >>> i saw pe
also watching heinz shares as well today after the fbi launched its own investigation into illegal trades around heinz. $1.7 million was made from some sort of inside knowledge of this takeaway. and there's been so many deals out there. "new york times" may be the latest to throw its hat in the ring with the possible sale of boston globe. a price tag, how much is this business worth? $150 moll to $175 million cash flow. keep in mind, the "new york times" purchased this...
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. >>> 150 fbi agents raid the scooter store. >> quick, we have to hold him. and fast! >> i'll show you why this is good news for defenders of the big three. >>> plus, the ridiculous bail in the pistorius trial. >>> and everybody in the office is making oscar picks. >> everybody? >> nate silver is playing the odds, and i'm playing my gut. >> don't waste that power. >> the big picks are coming up. >> get that out of here. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. we are one week away from devastating federal government spending cuts to kick in. republican strategy so far is to keep repeating the lies about the sequester over and over again to catapult the propaganda. >> we're weeks away from the president's sequester, and the president laid out a plan to eliminate the kuester and the harmful cuts that come as a result of it. >> speaker boehner has his members in lockstep behind the talking point. they insist the president has no plan. >> we acted months ago, acted twice last year. the president actually suggested sequester in the first place, has n
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that's according to a breakdown of fbi records. now, yesterday vice president joe biden was just a few miles from the site of the sandy hook shooting in newtown, connecticut, where he ramped up the pressure on congress. >> people say and you read and people write about the political risk and why they're unacceptable to take on. i say it's unacceptable not to take these on. it's just simply unacceptable. it is not something we can fail to do. if you're concerned about your political survival, you should be concerned about the survival of our children. guess what? i believe the price to be paid politically to those who refuse to act, who refuse to step forward. because america's changed on this issue. >>> we now turn to the devastating attacks in syria that could stall efforts to make peace in the war-torn country. at least three car bombs exploded in the capital city of damascus yesterday, killing a reported 72 people and wounding hundreds more. the deadliest was detonated near the headquarters of president bashar al assad's ruling
that's according to a breakdown of fbi records. now, yesterday vice president joe biden was just a few miles from the site of the sandy hook shooting in newtown, connecticut, where he ramped up the pressure on congress. >> people say and you read and people write about the political risk and why they're unacceptable to take on. i say it's unacceptable not to take these on. it's just simply unacceptable. it is not something we can fail to do. if you're concerned about your political...
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. >>> "the washington post" is reporting that fbi agents had been looking into allegations that new jersey democrat senator bob menendez patronized prostitutes while in the dominican republic. "the post" cites sources familiar with the investigation says new evidence has been found to support the claims so far. >>> and president obama in his weekly address today told the american public that cuts in federal programs will hurt the middle class. >> i disagree with republicans who think we should do that by making even bigger cuts to things like education and job training, or medicare, and social security benefits. that would force our senior citizens and working families to bear the burden of deficit reduction while the wealthiest are asked to do nothing more. >> the president delivered his address before heading off to florida for the weekend. it's presidents' day weekend and our president is taking some time off, president obama arrived in florida last night while his wife and daughters are skiing in colorado. how he's spending his time since he's solo in the sunshine state? nbc news white
. >>> "the washington post" is reporting that fbi agents had been looking into allegations that new jersey democrat senator bob menendez patronized prostitutes while in the dominican republic. "the post" cites sources familiar with the investigation says new evidence has been found to support the claims so far. >>> and president obama in his weekly address today told the american public that cuts in federal programs will hurt the middle class. >> i...
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fbi agents will be furloughed. federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. air traffic controllers and airport security will see cutbacks which means more delays at airports across the country. thousands of teachers and educators will be laid off. tens of thousands of parents will have to scramble to find childcare for their kids. hundreds of thousands of americans will lose access to primary care and preventive care like flu vaccinations and cancer screenings. >> this is serious. this will effect people all across the country. but republicans are refusing to act. they're unwilling to ask corporations and the rich to pay their fair share. >> they'd rather have these cuts go into effect than close a single tax loophole for the wealthiest americans. not one. it's wrong to ask the middle class to bear the full burden of deficit reduction. and that's why i will not sign a plan that harms the middle class. so now republicans in congress face a simple choice. are they willing to compromise to protect vital investments in education, in health care, national securit
fbi agents will be furloughed. federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. air traffic controllers and airport security will see cutbacks which means more delays at airports across the country. thousands of teachers and educators will be laid off. tens of thousands of parents will have to scramble to find childcare for their kids. hundreds of thousands of americans will lose access to primary care and preventive care like flu vaccinations and cancer screenings. >>...
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. >>> and an fbi investigation to robert menendez found no evidence to support claims he has visited underage prostitutes in the dominican republic. interviews conducted in recent weeks, acting on leads by an unknown tipster. the senator calls the allegations false smears. >>> rahm emanuel has designed on making a run for the oval office in 2016. but lynn sweet says that once again an emanuel spokesperson denies that. but the spokesperson also denied running for chicago mayor, an office he now occupies. just saying. >>> and in this week's office politics, i asked jonathan alter about the role of the tea party and got a somewhat bipartisan answer with him on that we began talking about the high points from the state of the union speech. >> the most emotional part of the speech was clearly toward the end, where he said, give them a vote. he used that word vote over and over again. what's so important about that, alex, this will apply not just to gun control, but to a whole series of bills, which in the past for many years now, the way to stop them has been to keep them from even coming
. >>> and an fbi investigation to robert menendez found no evidence to support claims he has visited underage prostitutes in the dominican republic. interviews conducted in recent weeks, acting on leads by an unknown tipster. the senator calls the allegations false smears. >>> rahm emanuel has designed on making a run for the oval office in 2016. but lynn sweet says that once again an emanuel spokesperson denies that. but the spokesperson also denied running for chicago mayor,...
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fbi agents will be furloughed. federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. air traffic controllers and airport security will see cutbacks. >> the new york times did reporting and found that those things obviously may happen eventually, but march 1st is not going to be some date when all of a sudden everything happens. and they actually think many members of congress have more time to play with. how is that perception playing in to the sense of urgency on capitol hill? >> if the president isn't able to rally the public and build public opinion that this is a bad thing, it's going to be -- i think the public has been told the sky is falling a lot by this congress. if it doesn't fall on march 1st, i don't think you're going to be -- the president will be able to do that. now, if there are some residual and wall street isn't phased by this and wasn't phased by the debt ceiling all that much, it's going to depend on public opinion as far as the president is concerned and on capitol hill, yeah, i think it's very possible we could be talking about this into march a
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the fbi says we have only 200 justifiable homicides with handguns. so you compare 200 justifiable homicides with handguns to the 30,000 that we lose every year, the nra is clearly losing the argument both on the constitutional issue and they're also losing the argument on the effectiveness of these laws which is why they go to these bogus tactics like disrespecting the office of the vice president and the president of the united states. >> and just to make the point, julian, just in the last 24 hours, we've seen one 28-year-old man in texas who was shot in his neck and jaw after a botched carjacking. police in detroit are still looking for a gunman who opened fire last night outside a child's birthday party. and this morning in brooklyn, two people were shot, one killed, while sitting behind the car of a wheel. this goes on and on on a daily basis and tragically we will continue to report it. julian epstein, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you, martin. >>> next, the world's most active and persistent perpetrators of economic espionage. sta
the fbi says we have only 200 justifiable homicides with handguns. so you compare 200 justifiable homicides with handguns to the 30,000 that we lose every year, the nra is clearly losing the argument both on the constitutional issue and they're also losing the argument on the effectiveness of these laws which is why they go to these bogus tactics like disrespecting the office of the vice president and the president of the united states. >> and just to make the point, julian, just in the...
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take place, it will jeopardize our military readiness, emergency responders, border patrol agents, fbi agents, federal prosecutors, air-traffic controllers, and airport security. thousands of teachers and educators will be laid off. these cuts are not smart, they are not fair. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. my door is open. i'm willing to work with anybody to get this job done. the last thing our families can afford right now is pain imposed unnecessarily by partisan recklessness and ideological rigidity here in washington. ♪ i couldn't ask for another >> the president who spent the weekend swinging his golf clubs came out swinging on his return to work this morning. at a special convened gathering in the white house, he addressed the potentially devastating effects of the so-called sequester cuts, which in the words of the president would take a meat cleaver to military and domestic spending. >> so these cuts are not smart, they are not fair. they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment roles. this is not
take place, it will jeopardize our military readiness, emergency responders, border patrol agents, fbi agents, federal prosecutors, air-traffic controllers, and airport security. thousands of teachers and educators will be laid off. these cuts are not smart, they are not fair. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. my door is open. i'm willing to work with anybody to get this job done. the last thing our families can afford right now is pain imposed unnecessarily by partisan...
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agencies like fbi, border patrol would lose a thousand agents. more than 31,000 teachers could be laid off. air travelers could face lengthy delays in security lines and on the tarmac with nearly 47,000 faa employees facing furlough. these are just a few of the examples. how do you -- >> chris, i am very aware of it. we're anything but intractable. frankly we're the only ones that have actually passed a solution. we have offered repeatedly to sit down with the president. remember, he's talked a lot about a balanced approach. he just got six weeks ago revenue with no spending cuts and that was written into law, fair enough. now it should be spending cuts with no revenue. that's the real balance. instead he wants his cake and to eat it, too. again, we acted months ago, acted twice last year. the president actually suggested sequester in the first place. has never put a proposal on the table. you know, to us it looks much more like politics on his part than a serious effort to arrive at an agreement. >> the american people seem tongue the preside to
agencies like fbi, border patrol would lose a thousand agents. more than 31,000 teachers could be laid off. air travelers could face lengthy delays in security lines and on the tarmac with nearly 47,000 faa employees facing furlough. these are just a few of the examples. how do you -- >> chris, i am very aware of it. we're anything but intractable. frankly we're the only ones that have actually passed a solution. we have offered repeatedly to sit down with the president. remember, he's...
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. >> some fbi agents tsa security workers would be laid off. >> that would mean furloughs for up to 13,000 workers. >> to know that they would be uncertain to where their job would be is scary. >> everybody understands that $16 trillion of national debt is something that we have to be concerned about. but to do so across the board with basically a meat axe is going to send this country into a recession that we haven't seen. >> a radio interview the president said this. >> whether or not we can move republicans at this point to do the right thing is what we are still trying to gauge. >> my sense is that their basic view is that nothing is important enough to raise taxes on wealthy individuals or corporations. and they would refer to see these kinds of cuts that can slow down a recovery over closing tax loop holes. a new usa today poll shows that the president's position is supported by 76% of the people. they favor deficit reduction of tax revenue and increases and spending cuts alone. the republican position. among independent voters 76% favor the tax revenue and spending cuts only 18% fav
. >> some fbi agents tsa security workers would be laid off. >> that would mean furloughs for up to 13,000 workers. >> to know that they would be uncertain to where their job would be is scary. >> everybody understands that $16 trillion of national debt is something that we have to be concerned about. but to do so across the board with basically a meat axe is going to send this country into a recession that we haven't seen. >> a radio interview the president said...
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fbi agents will be furloughed. federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. air traffic controllers and airport security will see cutbacks. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. people will lose their jobs. >> yesterday the president tried to publicly shame republicans into a compromise. >> republicans in congress face a simple choice. are they willing to compromise, to protect vital investments in education and healthcare and national security and all the jobs that depend on them or would they rather put hundreds of thousands of jobs and our economy at risk just to protect a few loopholes that benefit only the welliest americans and biggest corporations. >> we know we're still knee deep in the blame jane. house speaker john boehner writes from the president is raging against a crisis he created and mr. president, we agree that your sequester is bad policy. white house senior adviser dan pfeiffer fired back in an early morning blog post. the fact is the president has a detailed spending plan. the speaker has not named one
fbi agents will be furloughed. federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. air traffic controllers and airport security will see cutbacks. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. people will lose their jobs. >> yesterday the president tried to publicly shame republicans into a compromise. >> republicans in congress face a simple choice. are they willing to compromise, to protect vital investments in education and healthcare...
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fbi agents will be furloughed. federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. air traffic controllers and airport security will see cutbacks, which means more delays at airports across the country. thousands of teachers and educators will be laid off. >> president obama made it real today showing exactly what will be cut if the sequester spending cuts take effect next week. the president also made it clear that any potential replacement for the sequester must be balanced. >> republicans have proposed some ideas, too, and so far at least what they have expressed is a preference where they would rather have these cuts go into effect than close a single tax loophole for the wealthiest americans. not one, well, that is not balanced. that would be like democrats saying we have to close our deficits without any spending cuts whatsoever. it is all taxes. that is not the position democrats have taken. that is certainly not the position i have taken. >> today, the budget comedy team of simpson-bowles released another version of their deficit reduction plan that congress
fbi agents will be furloughed. federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. air traffic controllers and airport security will see cutbacks, which means more delays at airports across the country. thousands of teachers and educators will be laid off. >> president obama made it real today showing exactly what will be cut if the sequester spending cuts take effect next week. the president also made it clear that any potential replacement for the sequester must be...
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despite the fact that this link had been debunked totally by the fbi counterterrorism agent who was then detailed to the cia. here is more from the documentary, "hubris." >> from prague comes a czech intelligence report of a photograph allegedly showing mohamed atta meeting with a high ranking iraqi intelligence officer. the photograph of the supposed meeting is never made publicly available. >> mohamed atta was a slight guy, barely 5'5", 5'6" and skinny. the guy in the photograph was muscular and thick and had a neck the size of two of my necks. that's not mohamed atta in the photograph. sent it to the lab anyway. in my mind the matter is put to bed. >> but even without definitive evidence, the vice president goes public with it. >> it's been pretty well confirmed that he did go to prague, and he did meet with a senior official of the iraqi intelligence service in czechoslovakia last april. >> i was sitting in my den in my home in washington, d.c., and i remember looking at the tv screen saying what did i just hear? and first time in my life i actually threw something at the television
despite the fact that this link had been debunked totally by the fbi counterterrorism agent who was then detailed to the cia. here is more from the documentary, "hubris." >> from prague comes a czech intelligence report of a photograph allegedly showing mohamed atta meeting with a high ranking iraqi intelligence officer. the photograph of the supposed meeting is never made publicly available. >> mohamed atta was a slight guy, barely 5'5", 5'6" and skinny. the guy...
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fbi agents will be furloughed. federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. air traffic controllers and airport security will see cut backs. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment roles. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. >> when this is mapped out time frame-wise, we say march 1st, but everyone is away right now. technically only four days to get it done and we will watch this be like an all nighter coming down to the last day. everybody around the country needs to then boils down to four work days, but one really tough day. >> remember members of congress are not here and most are at home. for the president to be on the airwaves and reaching out to those local papers and local media outlets while members are at home, that puts pressure on members and privately members will also say, even republicans, the concept behind this, we were never supposed to get to this place and this was supposed to be dealt with in the last congress. some voted for it. they thought they never have to deal with it. there a number
fbi agents will be furloughed. federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. air traffic controllers and airport security will see cut backs. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment roles. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. >> when this is mapped out time frame-wise, we say march 1st, but everyone is away right now. technically only four days to get it done and we will watch this be like an all nighter coming down to...
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, the number two in the defense department totally bought her theories, even though the cia and the fbi kept saying she was full of you know what. and even after 9/11, he kept saying to everyone, read this book. she knows what she is talking about. this should be a basis of our policy. and the fact that it actually became the basis for our policy, and a fellow who is said to be as part as paul wolfowitz who would really become the victim of a conspiracy theorist is still shocking to me today. and i would love another ten minutes in the documentary to work through that. >> is there follow-up work here on your part? >> well, mike and i, mike isikoff, we're always talking about the next project and what else we can get. i thought the documentary got some new stuff in. and hopefully we can keep finding more. you know, this is history, and history is always changing. but i think the more we go through this, as larry wilkerson said in the documentary, there is more and more evidence that this was a hoax. >> and, again, david corn, congratulations on getting the george polk award. the 47%, tha
, the number two in the defense department totally bought her theories, even though the cia and the fbi kept saying she was full of you know what. and even after 9/11, he kept saying to everyone, read this book. she knows what she is talking about. this should be a basis of our policy. and the fact that it actually became the basis for our policy, and a fellow who is said to be as part as paul wolfowitz who would really become the victim of a conspiracy theorist is still shocking to me today....
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fbi agents will be furloughed. federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. air traffic controllers and airport security will see cutbacks, which means more delays at airports across the country. >> and it doesn't stop there. we're talking thousands of teachers who are going to be laid off across america. there will be cuts to primary health care for hundreds of thousands of americans. preventative care, like cancer screenings are also going to be hit and taken off the list. i mean cuts to the military are also going to be job killers because of projects. and the president isn't giving up hope. but it's time for congress, don't you think, to get to work? >> we got a few days. congress can do the right thing. we can avert just one more washington manufactured problem that slows our recovery. >> kind of feels like president obama has said all of this stuff before. well, that's because he has. four times in the past three months, to be exact. the republican strategy of obstruct and delay has really become so predictable. >> this is something within our capacity
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fbi agents will be furloughed. federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. air traffic controllers and airport security will see cutbacks, which means more delays at airports across the country. thousands of teachers and educators will be laid off. >> and keeping up the drum beat, house minority leader nancy pelosi will hold hearings on how middle class families could be hurt by the spending cuts that could kick in march 1st. joining me is u.s. congressman adam shiff of california. i was so impressed by the way you explained all of this this morning on msnbc. i'd like you to do it again. your take on what this fight is about coming up march 1st, sir. >> well, the fight is largely a fight within the gop. you talked earlier about the schizophrenia within some of the gop members. that is most manifest in the house. they really have two minds. you've got the tea party contingent that wants to tear down government that ran on a platform of tearing down and never made the transition of being for anything. right now they're driving the train. they want the sequeste
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fbi, dea, god knows what other agency and yet we're spending more on the border. clearly we're spending so much because it is a broken immigration system. the first thing we need to secure our border and we need a visa system that works. what is clear here, the only thing different between the president's plan and marco rubio is that one is drafted by the president and marco rubio's base is scared of president obama or doesn't want to do anything with the president. that's part and parcel with what's wrong with our broken immigration system. they asked the president to lead. he puts forward a plan. obviously he has been working on it for a long time. because it leaks suddenly marco rubio is against immigration reform. it is all in there. look, i want marco to stand that way. i think the work that senator schumer and bob menendez are doing on the senate side is key and hopefully they will continue on that path and senator rubio will focus in on his new found commitment for immigrants and help us move this forward. >> joe garcia, thanks for your time. i appreciate i
fbi, dea, god knows what other agency and yet we're spending more on the border. clearly we're spending so much because it is a broken immigration system. the first thing we need to secure our border and we need a visa system that works. what is clear here, the only thing different between the president's plan and marco rubio is that one is drafted by the president and marco rubio's base is scared of president obama or doesn't want to do anything with the president. that's part and parcel with...
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the fbi's investigated former senator hagel. the speech that kristen is referring to is when he was done as a private citizen. every single defense secretary nominee prior to him in the modern era has been asked exactly the same questions that he was, testified before the committee and, guess what? not a single time was there a problem before that, whether it was a democrat or republican september in 1989 with john tower. and conservatives brought down t john tower. conservatives are bringing down one of their own. this is very, very troubling to me as a former senate staffer. >> but it's not just a personal thing. republicans disagree with how hagel approaches israel. they disagree with how he approaches size of the military. >> they should vote against him, not filibuster him. >> i think that's ultimately what will happen. they said, look, don't move the game on us, don't move the vote up to this extra day. give us a little extra time to ask these questions. >> let's be honest about why harry reid did that. they were going in
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including 800,000 civilian defense department workers, 10,000 teachers and educators, and about 1,000 fbi and border patrol agents. but the sequester will touch on every life of americans in some ways that they don't even realize. for example, the basic commodity of meat. consumers could face a shortage of meat as the agriculture department might be forced to furlough meat inspectors up to 15 days. in the country's national parks, a 5% budget cut could force the parks service to slash services, shorten visiting hours and even force them to close off some areas to visitors. as transportation secretary lahood explained air travel could also come to a crawl. >> travellers should expect delays. flights to major cities like new york, chicago and san francisco and others, could experience delays of up to 90 minutes during peak hours because we have fewer controllers on staff. >> reporter: meantime in washington, president obama plans to speak with congress this weekend to avert another crisis. but both sides are ramping up the blame game. listen to what the president said about the looming sequ
including 800,000 civilian defense department workers, 10,000 teachers and educators, and about 1,000 fbi and border patrol agents. but the sequester will touch on every life of americans in some ways that they don't even realize. for example, the basic commodity of meat. consumers could face a shortage of meat as the agriculture department might be forced to furlough meat inspectors up to 15 days. in the country's national parks, a 5% budget cut could force the parks service to slash services,...
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a former fbi cyberer security weighs in. and defending private manning. i will speak to a representative of the bradley manning support network who is rallying for the whistle blower's release. the nation's governors are meeting in washington today, the governors are speaking out to make sure that washington is not putting the burden of the sequester on their states. >> don't pass the balancing the federal budget on the backs of the state governments because we are still recovering too from the national recession that we have been through. >> wisconsin governor scott walker, a republican said friday that he supports a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. take a listen. >> i think for anyone who is standing in line, and at a minimum for people waiting to come into the country legally, we need to make sure they have gotten status first, they have been waiting and following the rules. after that, if you enable people to come in and provide a legal path way to do that, that is something we have to embrace. >> and this just in, secretary of state john k
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the fbi is now looking into that. we're not sure if it'll hold up the deal but it's certainly something to keep an eye on. obviously it was a leak. i don't think the guys involved in the deal were concerned in -- but the story must have leaked. >> let me ask you this. we're more than halfway through february, more than halfway through the first quarter of 2013. we are obviously upside down down the last quarter of 2012. any indications of where we're going? is it economy rebounding? are we going to have another flat quarter? how we looking? >> i think the sequences is we will grow in the negative. and the stock market reflects a fair bit of optimism. the question is will the payroll tax really affect consumer spending. walmart said the sales have been hit hard by the increase net payroll tax. we'll see if that has a prolonged impact or not. >> thank you, brian. >> next, the best of late night. with the spark miles card from capital one, bjorn earns unlimited rewards for his small business. take these bags to room 12 p
the fbi is now looking into that. we're not sure if it'll hold up the deal but it's certainly something to keep an eye on. obviously it was a leak. i don't think the guys involved in the deal were concerned in -- but the story must have leaked. >> let me ask you this. we're more than halfway through february, more than halfway through the first quarter of 2013. we are obviously upside down down the last quarter of 2012. any indications of where we're going? is it economy rebounding? are...